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Wheelchair-bound
because of a curvature of the spine, the eight-times married acting
icon has seen her health rapidly deteriorate in recent years.

She
now suffers from diabetes and congestive heart failure - where the
heart is too weak to pump blood around the body - has had both hips
replaced, and had a benign brain tumour removed in 1997.

Meanwhile, the loss of Michael Jackson reportedly hit her hard, and she was rushed to hospital in July.

'I loved Michael with all my soul and I can't imagine life without him,' she said at the time.

'He
will live in my heart forever but it's not enough. My life feels so
empty. I don't think anyone knew how much we loved each other.'

According
to recent reports, she is now trying to find a burial plot next to the
singer after attending his funeral at the Great Mausoleum in Los Angeles' Forest Lawn

'After sitting through Michael's funeral service at
the Great Mausoleum, with its magnificent stained-glass windows and
replicas of Michelangelo's artworks, she later told friends, ‘I felt a
sense of peace there that I've never experienced before,’” a source told the Mirror.

A tireless AIDS campaigner, Elizabeth helped set up the Macy's Passport HIV/AIDS initiative 27 years ago.

Since then it has raised $28 million for research, care, prevention and
education programs.